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Brief Summary of Revelation 1–9
Revelation 1 The Introduction: Scene:
Earth. Time: Past (ca. 95 AD).
John introduces the book of prophecy with
an explanation of the circumstances surrounding the Revelation. John was exiled
on the island of Patmos when Jesus sent and communicated the vision of things
which must soon take place. John is commanded to write and send the book to the
seven churches in Asia.
Revelation 2-3 Messages to the Angels of the Seven Churches
in Asia:
Scene: Earth. Time: Present (to original
readers in Asia).
Jesus sends a unique message to each of
the seven churches in the western part of the Roman province of Asia: Ephesus,
Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea. The cities are listed in the order of the geographical circuit that the
messenger of the book would naturally travel as he delivered the letters.
Revelation 4–5 Prelude of Praise:
Scene: Heaven. Time: Future (Onset of the Great
Seven-Year Tribulation which will complete the present age, conclude with
Jesus’ return, and usher in the Millennium).
Revelation 4-22 records events that will
take place in the future. Three consecutive periods of judgment lead to the
second return of Jesus Christ: 7 Seals; 7 Trumpets; and, 7 Bowls. A prelude of
praise in heaven precedes the onset of each three sets of 7 consecutive
judgments. Revelation 4-5 records the initial heavenly prelude of praise that
will precede the opening of the 7 Seals of judgment in Revelation 6, ushering
in “a great tribulation, such as has not occurred since the beginning of the
world until now, nor ever will” (Matt 24:21).
Revelation 6 Seven Seal Judgments
Scene: Earth. Time: Future (Chronology moves
forward.)
The seven seals contain the
judgments of the Great Tribulation, concluding with the return of Jesus. The
seventh Seal contains the seven Trumpet judgments, and the seventh Trumpet
judgment contains the final seven Bowl judgments. The Trumpet and Bowl
judgments are all contained within the seventh Seal, unfolding consecutively
through the seven-year Tribulation Period. Through judgment, Jesus becomes King
of all the nations.
Revelation 6 records John’s
vision of the Lamb breaking the first 6 of 7 Seals:
§
Seal #1: First
Apocalyptic Horseman (White Horse): Conqueror
§
Seal #2: Second
Apocalyptic Horseman (Red Horse): Removes Peace
§
Seal #3: Third
Apocalyptic Horseman (Black Horse): Famine
§
Seal #4: Fourth
Apocalyptic Horseman (Ashen Horse): Death and Hades (over ¼ of earth killed)
§
Seal #5: Cries
of the Martyrs for Judgment and Vengeance
§
Seal #6: Earthquake,
Blackened Sun, Blood-like Moon, Falling Stars, Split Sky, Moving Mountains and Islands, Hiding Men,
Great Day of Wrath
The seventh seal remains
unbroken at the end of Revelation 6. Before the Lamb breaks the seventh seal
(Rev 8), the foreheads of 144,000 from the 12 tribes of Israel are sealed.
Rev 7:1-8
Sealing of 144,000 from 12 Tribes of Israel: Scene: Earth.
Time: Future.
The
angels are commanded to refrain from harming the earth, sea, or trees until the
bond-servants of God are sealed on their foreheads with the seal of the Living
God. The 144,000 include 12,000 from each of the twelve tribes of Israel.
Rev
7:9-17 Prelude of Praise by Multitude in Heaven: Scene: Heaven. Time: Future.
Before the Lamb breaks the
7th Seal, containing the 7 Trumpets and 7 Bowls, there is a prelude of praise
in heaven by a great, countless multitude from every nation, tribes, peoples,
and tongues. The multitude, clothed in white robes with palm branches in their
hands, stands before the throne and before the Lamb as they cry, “Salvation to
our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb” (7:10). The heavenly court
responds in worship. One of the elders explains to John that the multitude
came out of the great tribulation. They washed their robes, made white in the
blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 8–9 Trumpet Judgments
Scene: Earth. Time: Future (Chronology moves
forward, Second Half of Tribulation)
After the sealing of 144,000 from the twelve tribes of
Israel and a prelude of praise by a great multitude in heaven, the Lamb breaks
the seventh seal. In response, heaven is silenced for half an hour. The seventh
seal contains the seven trumpets, the second of three 7-judgment series that
are consecutively released during the Great Tribulation. The seven bowls are contained
in the seventh trumpet. The seven trumpets are contained in the seventh seal. When
the Lamb breaks the seventh seal, He is actually initiating the seven trumpets.
Once the seventh seal is broken, the seven trumpet judgments occur
consecutively. Revelation 8–9 records the consecutive release of six of the
seven trumpet judgments.
o
Trumpet
#1: Hail, Fire (upon earth)
o
Trumpet
#2: Burning Mountain (upon sea)
o
Trumpet
#3: Wormwood (upon waters)
o
Trumpet
#4: Sun, Moon, Stars (upon heavens)
o
Trumpet
#5: Demonic Locusts (upon people)
o
Trumpet
#6: Horsemen (upon people)
o
Trumpet
#7: Announces 7 Bowls
Introduction to Revelation 10–15:
Transition from Trumpets (8–9) to Seals
(16)
Scenes: Earth (10-14) and Heaven (15) Time: Future
Just as chapter 7, which deals with the
144,000 sealed Israelites and great multitude from all nations, serves as a
transition between the Seal and Trumpet judgments, Chapters 10–15 serve as a
transition between the Trumpet and Bowl judgments. The interlude provides
background information pertaining to significant people, places, and events
during the Great Tribulation without advancing chronologically through the
judgment series.
Chapter 10 introduces an angel, perhaps Michael the
archangel, who announces the 7th trumpet, which contains the seven final Bowl
judgments leading to the return of Christ.
Chapter 11 records John’s measurement of the temple of
God and the altar, then it introduces the two witnesses who prophesy for 1,260
days (42 months) of the Great Tribulation. At the end of 3 ½ years, the two
witnesses die and their bodies are displayed for 3 ½ days before they are
brought back to life and ascend into heaven.
Chapter 12 is often considered the most symbolic chapter
in the Bible. Five of seven major tribulation personages are identified: (1)
the woman clothed with the sun=Mary/Judah; (2) the red dragon (7 heads, 10 horns, 7
diadems)=Satan; (3) a male child=Christ; (4) Michael/angels; and (5) offspring
of woman persecuted by the dragon=Israel.
Chapter 13 introduces the final two of seven major
tribulation personages: (6) beast out of the sea=Antichrist; and, (7) beast out
of the earth=false prophet.
Chapter 14 reveals the Lamb standing on Mount Zion and
the worship of the 144,000 who have the name of the Lamb and the name of His
Father written on their foreheads. After a prelude of praise, angels announce
fallen Babylon and the reaping of the earth.
Chapter 15 records a heavenly prelude of praise in
preparation for the final series of judgment. Those who had been victorious
over the beast and his image sing the Song of Moses and Song of the Lamb. One
of the four living creatures gives to the seven angels seven golden bowls full
of the wrath of God, who lives forever and ever, and the temple is filled with
smoke from the glory of God and from His power.
STUDY QUESTIONS
Revelation 10:1-7 Transition
from Trumpets to Bowls: The Strong Angel and Sealing of the Message of the
Seven Peals of Thunder
Rev. 10:1 I saw
another strong angel coming down out of heaven, clothed with a cloud; and the
rainbow was upon his head, and his face was like the sun, and his feet like
pillars of fire; 2 and he had in his hand a little book which was
open. He placed his right foot on the sea and his left on the land; 3 and he
cried out with a loud voice, as when a lion roars; and when he had cried out,
the seven peals of thunder uttered their voices. 4 When the
seven peals of thunder had spoken, I was about to write; and I heard a voice
from heaven saying, “Seal up the things which the seven peals of thunder have
spoken and do not write them.” 5 Then the angel whom I saw standing on the sea
and on the land lifted up his right hand to heaven, 6 and swore
by Him who lives forever and ever, WHO CREATED HEAVEN AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND
THE EARTH AND THE THINGS IN IT, AND THE SEA AND THE THINGS IN IT, that there
will be delay no longer, 7 but in the days of the voice of the seventh
angel, when he is about to sound, then the mystery of God is finished, as He
preached to His servants the prophets.
1. Describe
the appearance of the other angel that John sees. (10:1-2)
2. From
where does he come? (10:1)
3. What
is in his hand? (10:2)
4. Where
does he place his feet? (10:2)
5. What
does the angel do? (10:3)
6. Who
utters their voices after him? (10:3)
7. What
is John’s first response after the seven peals of thunder had spoken? (10:4)
8.
What does the voice from heaven command John to
seal up and not write? (10:4)
9. By
whom does the angel standing on the sea and on the land swear? (10:5-6)
10. What does the angel say will be finished in the days of the voice of
the seventh angel? (10:7)
11. To
whom had He preached that mystery of God would be finished? (10:7)
12. What do you learn about God from Rev 10:1-7?
How could this truth transform your life?
Revelation 10:8-11 Transition
from Trumpets to Bowls: The Little Book
Rev. 10:8 Then
the voice which I heard from heaven, I heard again speaking with me, and
saying, “Go, take the book which is open in the hand of the angel who stands on
the sea and on the land.” 9 So I went to the angel, telling him to give me
the little book. And he said to me,
“Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it
will be sweet as honey.” 10 I took the little book out of the angel’s hand
and ate it, and in my mouth it was sweet as honey; and when I had eaten it, my
stomach was made bitter. 11 And they
said to me, “You must prophesy again concerning many peoples and nations
and tongues and kings.”
1. After
the angel who stands on the sea and land swears, what does John hear? (10:8)
2. From
where does the voice speak? (10:8)
3. What
had this voice previously told John to do? (10:4)
4. What
does the voice tell John to do now? (10:8)
5. In
response to the voice from heaven, what does John do? (10:9)
6. What
does the angel tell John to do with the little book? (10:9)
7. What
happens to John after he takes the little book out of the angel’s hand? (10:10)
(cf. Psa. 119:103; Jer. 15:16; Ezek. 3:1-3; Heb
6:5)
8. Concerning
what must John prophesy again? (10:11)
9. What do you learn about God from Rev
10:8-11? How could this truth transform
your life?
Revelation 11:1-2 Transition
from Trumpets to Bowls: Temple Measurements
Rev. 11:1 Then
there was given me a measuring rod like a staff; and someone said, “Get up and
measure the temple of God and the altar, and those who worship in it. 2 “Leave out
the court which is outside the temple and do not measure it, for it has been
given to the nations; and they will tread under foot the holy city for
forty-two months.
1. What
is given to John? (11:1)
2. What
is he told to get up and measure? (11:1)
3.
What is John told to not measure and what is the
reason for leaving it out? (11:2)
4.
How long will the nations tread the holy city
under foot?
5.
What do you learn about God from Rev 11:1-2? How could this truth transform your life?
Revelation 11:3-14 Transition
from Trumpets to Bowls: The Two Witnesses
Rev. 11:3 “And I
will grant authority to my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for
twelve hundred and sixty days, clothed in sackcloth.” 4 These are
the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the
earth. 5 And if anyone wants to harm them, fire flows
out of their mouth and devours their enemies; so if anyone wants to harm them,
he must be killed in this way. 6 These have the power to shut up the sky, so
that rain will not fall during the days of their prophesying; and they have
power over the waters to turn them into blood, and to strike the earth with
every plague, as often as they desire.
Rev. 11:7 When
they have finished their testimony, the beast that comes up out of the abyss
will make war with them, and overcome them and kill them. 8 And their
dead bodies will lie in the street of the great city which mystically is
called Sodom and Egypt, where also their Lord was crucified. 9 Those from
the peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will look at their dead
bodies for three and a half days, and will not permit their dead bodies to be
laid in a tomb. 10 And those who dwell on the earth will
rejoice over them and celebrate; and they will send gifts to one another,
because these two prophets tormented those who dwell on the earth.
Rev. 11:11 But
after the three and a half days, the breath of life from God came into them,
and they stood on their feet; and great fear fell upon those who were watching
them. 12 And they heard a loud voice from heaven saying
to them, “Come up here.” Then they went up into heaven in the cloud, and their
enemies watched them. 13 And in that hour there was a great earthquake,
and a tenth of the city fell; seven thousand people were killed in the
earthquake, and the rest were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.
Rev. 11:14 The
second woe is past; behold, the third woe is coming quickly.
1. To
whom will authority be given to prophesy for 1,260 days? (11:3)
2. Convert
1,260 days to years, which is the span of time that the two witnesses will
prophesy.
3. How
are they clothed? (11:3)
4. How
are they described? (11:4)
5. (Opinion)
Who do you think the two witnesses might be?
6. What
happens to anyone who wants to harm the two witnesses? (11:5)
7. Over
what do they have power? (11:6)
8. How
often can they do this? (11:6)
9. What
happens when they have finished their testimony? (11:7)
10. From where does the beast come?
11. Where
will their dead bodies lie? (11:8)
12. Who
was also crucified there? (11:7-8)
13. Describe the various responses to the dead
bodies of the two witnesses. (11:9-10)
14. What
happens to the dead bodies of the two witnesses after 3 ½ days?
15. What
is the response to those who were watching them? (11:11)
16. What
does the loud voice from heaven say to them? (11:12)
17. What
happens? (11:12)
18. What
happens in that hour when the witnesses go up into heaven? (11:13)
19. What
is past?
20. What
is coming quickly? (11:14)
21. What
do you learn about God from Rev 11:1-14? How could this truth transform your
life?
Rev. 11:15 Then the seventh angel
sounded; and there were loud voices in heaven, saying,
“The kingdom of the
world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ; and He will
reign forever and ever.” 16 And the twenty-four elders, who sit on their
thrones before God, fell on their faces and worshiped God, 17 saying,
“We give You thanks, O
Lord God, the Almighty, who are and who were, because You have taken Your great
power and have begun to reign. 18 “And the nations were enraged, and Your wrath
came, and the time came for the dead to be judged, and the time
to reward Your bond-servants the prophets and the saints and those who fear
Your name, the small and the great, and to destroy those who destroy the
earth.”
Rev. 11:19 And the temple of God
which is in heaven was opened; and the ark of His covenant appeared in His
temple, and there were flashes of lightning and sounds and peals of thunder and
an earthquake and a great hailstorm.
1. When the seventh angel sounds, what does John
hear? From where are the loud voices speaking? What has the kingdom of the
world become? How long will He reign (11:15)?
2. What is the response of the twenty-four
elders? To Whom do they give thanks? Why do they give thanks? Whose time had come: To be judged? To be rewarded? To be destroyed? (11:16-18)
3. What was opened? Where is it? What appeared
in His temple? (11:19) (D) What is the ark of His covenant? (Ex. 25:21-22; Num.
10:33; Deut. 10:1-3)
4. What
happens after the temple was opened and the ark appeared? (11:19)
5. What do you learn about God in Rev. 11:15-19?
How could this transform your life?
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